ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AFNS) -- Approximately 50 combat operations experts met at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base here July 16-20 for a working group on air mobility tactics.
Air Mobility Command's Air Mobility Tactics Analysis Team studied field-driven data collected on its adversaries to analyze and report on current air and air defense operations across the globe at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center here.
It is one of many high-level meetings of service members, intelligence personnel and allies who share adversarial information worldwide in defense of the nation. Such information is highly valuable to those in overseas contingency operations, which rely on up-to-date intelligence and tactics to survive and operate, officials said.
"The key here is that it's a report for operators, written by operators," said Maj. Tim Murphy, who served as the AMC Air Operations co-chair for the event.
Murphy, who is a also a command pilot and tactics instructor here, said the annual meeting provided the opportunity to share serious data as well as some earnest accounts on recent air mobility combat tactics and other information concerning new and developing trends by adversaries.
Attendees included National Guard, Reserve and active-duty officers and enlisted Airmen as well as civilian intelligence personnel and international experts from Australia, Canada, Great Britain and New Zealand.
"The AMTAT is composed of personnel from a wide variety of intelligence and operations organizations within the Air Force and joint community as well as from specific allied partners," said Lt. Col. Christopher Parker, the commander of AMC's Headquarters, Air Operations Squadron Detachment 5. He also serves as the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center's director of operations for development.
"Their objective is to provide a detailed analysis of operational tactics, training and employment of air and air defense forces of potential adversaries," Parker said.
The AMTAT provides findings in a format and timeline that satisfies the specific needs of aircrew, weapons controllers, intelligence personnel and operational planners to support tactics development, operational planning and threat replication training, he said. The result is an air mobility that always holds the upper hand in training and tactics over the enemy.
"Their report is the culmination of their analytical efforts," said Parker. "It's released to the major commands, Guard and Reserve units, and other Air Force and intelligence community organizations as well as to our allied partners who participated in its development or are involved in combat operations."